Browse Forums Eco Living 1 Dec 15, 2013 8:47 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Re: Environment friendly Living 4Dec 16, 2013 9:31 am ^^ All good advice and I agree wholeheartedly. Quote: New homes should be required to off set the destruction of the block's natural environment by having a % of the block set aside for environmental contribution and ground water recharge. I can't speak for other councils other than those on the northern beaches here in Sydney but our council ( Warringah ) has a 60:40 ratio of hard surface to landscaped area. Manly council has an open space then a soft open space criteria ( depending on which sub-zone you are in ) which works out on average to something similar to Warringahs, I'm sure these councils would like the soft landscaping areas of each dwelling to be higher but as these suburbs were laid down a long time ago, I think that would be very hard to change. What concerns me is that in some newer housing estates which sees the average suburban block becoming smaller ( 450 sq m ) following a state govt decree to help slow urban sprawl the amount of green space for each block is becoming ridiculously small. Some of them are ending up with postage stamp sized backyards which inevitably leads to the problems mentioned in the posts above. Stewie Re: Re: Environment friendly Living 5Jan 02, 2014 5:21 pm Stewie D What concerns me is that in some newer housing estates which sees the average suburban block becoming smaller ( 450 sq m ) following a state govt decree to help slow urban sprawl the amount of green space for each block is becoming ridiculously small. Some of them are ending up with postage stamp sized backyards which inevitably leads to the problems mentioned in the posts above. Wow, 450m2 blocks... that's a luxury! Up here the new satellite cities of South East Queensland such as Yarrabilba have average sizes of sub-300m2. Would love to see how they can get away with putting more than 200m2 on them, as there'd really be nothing left other than a concrete garden the size of a cat litter dish! There was talk of making some blocks even smaller than that. It would make it near impossible to really make them eco friendly. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . After some ideas on making our patio kid friendly . Currently we have exposed aggregate. The patio faces west and is always in sun even though it has a shade directly… 0 5025 3 6049 Can anyone suggest a house layout where the kitchen-dining - living runs the length across the rear of the house left to right where our best view will be we… 0 4718 |